Don't Compare Me

[Hook] Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You ain’t walk what I walked, you ain’t lose what I lost Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You just want what I got, but you can’t pay the cost [Verse 1] You talk about struggle like it’s something you rented Wore it for a week, then returned it the minute it ended Every story you tell got a little bit bended Every friend that you got is a friend you pretended Me, I lived in the part that you skip in the movie The part with no music, nobody to soothe me Long nights with my thoughts and they walked all the way through me Came out the other side, now ain’t nothing that moves me You change up your story depending who’s near Tell ’em what they wanna hear, then you hide what you fear That’s why you can’t sleep, why your head never clear ’Cause you lie to yourself every day in the mirror Rather be hated for saying it straight to your face Than be loved for a lie that’ll fall out of place You built a whole person you can’t ever take off Now you scared that the second you breathe, it’ll break off Funny thing is, I ain’t even mad, I see through you Every move that you make, I could call it ‘fore you do it You a puzzle with four pieces, a child could undo it And you call that a mystery? Bro, there’s nothing to it Don’t put us in a sentence, don’t put us in a list You was talking ‘bout the fight, I was the one taking hits You was writing what you wish, I was writing what I live You was taking what you can, I was giving what I give [Hook] Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You ain’t walk what I walked, you ain’t lose what I lost Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You just want what I got, but you can’t pay the cost [Verse 2] Everything that I own, I went out and I bought it Every lesson I know, wasn’t nobody taught it When I dropped, it was my own two hands that caught it Got a war in my head and I never ran, I fought it You want the result, but you hate the routine Want to be feared, but you never been seen Anywhere that it’s hard, anywhere that it’s mean You a highlight reel, I’m the whole damn machine Telling the truth cost me friends, cost me plenty Cost me some nights when my phone sat there empty But I’d do it again, I’d do it a thousand times ’Cause a lie that feel good is still a lie every time Don’t bend for nobody, don’t change for a check Don’t bow for a name, don’t move off respect You sell yourself cheap just to hang off a neck That’s why when you fall, ain’t nobody gon’ text Each move got a reason behind it, a vision Every cut that I make, I don’t miss, that’s Precision You move off emotion, I move off decision You free in your body, but your mind in a prison So keep all your love, keep your fake little help Never asked nobody, I just leaned on myself Put the weight on my back when it wouldn’t fit the shelf And I carried that weight till it turned into wealth [Hook] Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You ain’t walk what I walked, you ain’t lose what I lost Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You just want what I got, but you can’t pay the cost [Verse 3] Now you ain’t laughing no more, ain’t no jokes, ain’t no hope Every word that you said turned to rocks in your throat Couldn’t stand on one line out of all that you wrote You was swimming with sharks with no clue how to float Never was your rival, I’m the reason you nervous Every time that I’m near, all your flaws hit the surface You talk like a script from a customer service I’m the same everywhere, that’s the point, that’s the purpose [Beat switch] Pain was my teacher, I passed every class You was skipping the lessons, now you stuck in the past Every step that I took, I ain’t move it too fast Built it slow, built it right, so I know it gon’ last Don’t care if the truth gon’ leave me lonely Rather stand by myself than be standing with phonies Rather lose it all clean than to win it with cronies ’Cause the one that I answer to, man, is me only So when you hear my name, don’t you put it near yours You was knocking for a key, I was kicking through doors You was begging for scraps, I was working the floors That’s the difference between who complains and who scores Ain’t built like you, ain’t built to be liked Built to be right, built to stand when it’s tight Built to look at myself and sleep good at night So the next time you talk, man, you better talk right [Hook] Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You ain’t walk what I walked, you ain’t lose what I lost Don’t compare me Don’t compare me You just want what I got, but you can’t pay the cost